Ordinance No. 2,90200522 -6
ORDINANCE NO. 2902
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF HITCHCOCK CONSTRUCTION
SPECIALISTS, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET
AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO CEDAR STREET (1979 COM14UNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM) AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF
INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
EIGHTY -SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY -FIVE AND
N01100 ($287,775.00) DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the City Engineer to advertise for bids for the
construction of the street and drainage improvements to
Cedar Street (1979 Community Development Program) to be
received May 19, 1980; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place,
when and where the contract for said construction would be
let was published pursuant to provisions of TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.
art. 2368a; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City
Hall at 10:00 o'clock a.m., Monday, May 19, 1980, as per
published notice to bidders; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown
hereby accepts the bid of Hitchcock Construction Specialists,
Inc. according to the plans and specifications set forth by
the City Engineer on a construction timetable of 150 working
days for the sum of Two Hundred Eighty -Seven Thousand Seven
Hundred Seventy -Five and No /100 ($287,775.00) Dollars, and
the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized
and directed to execute and attest to a contract with
Hitchcock Construction Specialists, Inc. for the construction
of said street and drainage improvements, containing the
plans, specifications, and requirements of the City Engineer
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and appropriate bond and drawn provisions in accordance with
the provisions of TEX.REV.CIV.STAT. art. 5160.
Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of TEX.REV.
CIV.STAT. art. 2368a, the City Manager is hereby granted
general authority to approve any change order involving a
decrease or an increase in costs of Five Thousand and No /100
($5,000.00) Dollars or less, subject to the proviso that the
original contract price may not be increased by more than
twenty -five (25 %) percent or decreased by more than twenty -
five (25 %) percent without the consent of the contractor to
such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this the 22nd day of
1980.
RMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, ity Clerk
APPROVED:
RANDALL B. S RON , City At ney
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